Braves get Murphy 3 way deal

Contreras has poor frame rates, poor pop times, and only threw out 14% of base runners. Granted he is still pretty young, but he's already about to be 25. I don't know how much improvement you can realistically expect.

Anyone know where to find catcher's ERA? I would be willing to bet he's on the high side there too.
 
jpack1 said:
Agreed. Problem is. Contreras, Grissom and Malloy were our only real trade chips. Malloy not as much obviously, 2 of 3 are gone and we still have a hole at SS, LF and DH.
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Well that’s why it was a bit of a head scratcher. I’d add Anderson as a pretty significant trade chip, but your point is still valid. Hopefully subsequent moves will make these concerns moot.
 
As far as filling the rest of the 40-man, I'd like to see us pick up another lefty reliever. Doesn't look to be a whole lot in free agency that would be worthwhile. I wonder what AA could work up in a trade.
 
FGDC and steamer both project Esteury Ruiz at104 wrc+. If he's an above avg hitter, he could be pretty valuable with his speed, right?
 
Jay212033 said:
I'm still failing to understand how the Brewers gave up ONE mediocre bench player and got back THREE pretty decent players.
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A complete fleecing of Oakland, even if WC just turns out to be a decent part time catcher. Crazy what Mil got for essentially nothing.
 
msstate7 said:
FGDC and steamer both project Esteury Ruiz at104 wrc+. If he's an above avg hitter, he could be pretty valuable with his speed, right?
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If he learns to steal first, he may turn out to be at least serviceable. Really good SB numbers in 2022.
 
d’Arnaud seemed to really overperform offensively last year. if he’s a 100 wRC+ hitter or worse he’s a lot less valuable.
 
So, does AA announce an extension? He’ll get paid like Realmuto at $25m per in 3 years. Maybe we can get a discount on those first 2 FA years.
 
Chico said:
So, does AA announce an extension? He’ll get paid like Realmuto at $25m per in 3 years. Maybe we can get a discount on those first 2 FA years.
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well since we will have no catcher in 3 years now, we almost have to.. but I doubt he can extend him this year and take the hit on the luxury tax. Any extention will have to be in the next 2 years as money comes off the books.
 
Murphy is already 28 with 3 years of team control left. Not sure we want a long term deal. If we could sign him to a deal that buys out 2-3 years of free agency it might be good but I would really like to see how he performs here first. He doesnt have to regress that far to be an albatross in the lineup. I would like this deal so much more if Contreras wasnt involved. He could have atleast been a quality option at DH while giving us a good 3rd catcher option in case of injury. I can only assume the Braves think they are selling high on him.
 
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